Playing with a new car

why have u got it? out of interest.

And where are Lambos made?

Douglas

Isn't the 240ps lump only in the sporty one with no rear seats?

yeah i got it wrong, it's only in the 2005 TT 1.8TS

Bollox, real cars are made in sheds/back gardens ;)

Ah, I missed that bit. I wondered how an XR4x4i (slow) could compete with an Audi TT (nippy) :)

Erm, and the 150bhp version of course.... :)

Cue Monty Python moment... There are *five* types of Audi TT !

Well TT drivers are mostly hairdressers, so by the time they've worked out which pedal the clutch is, which gear they want and where it is an XR4x4 could well be quicker :)

Nothing to do with the fact the Sierra had probably cost the same as a 12 pack of Walkers ready salted and thus considered expendable, whereas the TT was almost certainly worth several grand, I should think.

Er? V6 XR4x4 or XR4i? Which do you mean?

Neither are slow.

XR4is are pretty quick.

Richard

As I said the TT was a courtesy car, so that was pretty irrelevant. Both were being driven very hard!

Well he was talking about mine which was a 2.8i XR4x4 of the mk2 variety.

They're not that quick though either, especially when compared to a 225bhp TT!

They aint that slow, cant be much different to a V6 4x4

I'd like to try one one day (or even better a Capri). But they're a bit rarer compared to the dirt cheap 4x4s!

Have you seen the insurance excess on a courtesy car?

Nope cos it wasnt my courtesy car! And even if the actual driver did care everyone else that used it didnt!

Lets put it this way... the excess is quite big, and out of respect for the person who had the car on loan, I wouldn't be going balls out if I had the keys.

It's like when I borrow someone else's car or bike, I'll never ride or drive it like I would if it were mine.

But he was going balls out too. It was only a field, there was nothing to hit. We just hadnt considered the alloys getting scuffed. Once we realised we stopped using it.

I was happily letting people drive mine, and they could drive as aggressively as they wanted! The only other car I used was a 325 and I was driving that exactly like the Sierra (ie sideways everywhere but ultimately a slow time!)

Yes. Which is why I now always transfer them to my own insurance, after an incident where a colleague of mine picked up a courtesy car and crashed it on the way back to the office....

Having seen/heard my mates dads R1 engined kitcar, which is nearly complete in his garage - i concur.

Hehehehe - he said i could have a go :D

The 150bhp TT is a Roadster and that doesn't count :)